Posted by warvictims on September 6, 2008
by Press TV
Fourteen civilians are killed in the ongoing fighting between Ethiopian forces and the Islamic Courts Union fighters in Bardale, Somalia.
Women and children are among the civilians killed in the recent clashes between Ethiopian forces and the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) fighters, Press TV correspondent in Somalia reported. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on September 6, 2008
by The Associated Press
International Herald Tribune
MANILA, Philippines:A Red Cross official appealed Saturday to government troops and Muslim separatist rebels not to harm civilians as they battle each other in the worst fighting in the southern Philippines in five years.
Dominik Stillhart, International Red Cross deputy director of operations, urged both sides to comply with international humanitarian law “to spare civilian communities and allow delivery of relief assistance.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on September 6, 2008
by BBC News
At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan, officials say.
The attack – at a paramilitary checkpoint 20km from the north-western city of Peshawar – comes as elections for president are under way.
About 70 people were also wounded by the blast, most of them civilians, reports said. Read the rest of this entry »
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